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CUTAIA | CUTTAIA

Both typically Sicilian, Cutaia has a stock in the nisseno in Riesi and Caltanissetta, in the Agrigento, in Agrigento, Grotte, Canicattì, Racalmuto, Porto Empedocle and Palma di Montichiaro, and in Palermo, at Termini Imerese and Palermo, Cuttaia is specific to Licata nell'agrigentino, should derive from a nickname based on the Arabic term quttayah (top of a small mountain).

Bibliographic source' "L'origine dei cognomi Italianim storia ed etimologia" di E. Rossoni disponibile online su: https://archive.org/


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